Covid inquiry told Treasury blocked request for 10,000 NHS beds

Covid inquiry told Treasury blocked request for 10,000 NHS beds

Covid inquiry Boris Johnson’s government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at the height of the Covid pandemic, the chief executive of NHS England has said. Amanda Pritchard told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry the decision, made by the Treasury in July 2020, had been “very disappointing”. Extra beds and staff would have … Read more

With roads blocked, SWR to run special trains between Mangaluru-Bengaluru

With roads blocked, SWR to run special trains between Mangaluru-Bengaluru

Motorists queue up on Mangaluru-Tumakuru NH 73 near Ujire in Dakshina Kannada district on July 19, 2024. Following the closure of Shiradi Ghat (NH 75) and Sampaje Ghat (NH 275), people travelling from Mangaluru to Bengaluru are forced to take the Mangaluru-Tumakuru NH 73 via Charmadi Ghat. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Quickly responding to … Read more

Amid quota stir, Jaipur-Agra highway remains blocked for sixth consecutive day

Amid quota stir, Jaipur-Agra highway remains blocked for sixth consecutive day

Protesters have been camping in tents after blocking a 1-km stretch of NH-21 near Arauda village since April 21. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The Jaipur-Agra national highway remained blocked in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district for the sixth consecutive day on Wednesday, as protesters demanding 12% separate reservation for a group of Other Backward Class (OBC) … Read more

D.C. Law Allowing Child Vaccinations Without Parental Consent Blocked

D.C. Law Allowing Child Vaccinations Without Parental Consent Blocked

March 22, 2022 A federal judge has temporarily prevented a District of Columbia law from going into effect that would have allowed children to get vaccinated – including with the COVID-19 vaccine – without parental consent. The Minor Consent for Vaccinations Amendment Act said children as young as 11 could be vaccinated so long as … Read more